AutismParents.NET Newsvine FeedThis is a MUST READ if you are lucky enough to experience the joys of the dreaded “meltdown”. We don’t have a whole lot of meltdowns these days, but Daddy did get to enjoy one at Six Flags this past weekend when they refused to allow the Bugs Bunny doll on the Tony Hawk ride.
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SHAPES
Your children will enjoy the My World Learning Shapes Characters “Mr. Circle”, “Triangle Guy” and “Mr. Square” as they introduce them to the world of shapes and will hold their attention and be remembered.
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COLORS
Meet the “Bristle Bunch”. Together […]
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Autistic Children Discover a New ‘World’ SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Not long ago, Zachary Ballard was a boy in his own world.
For hours, he stared blankly at television images. He never spoke. He amused himself by sitting in a corner of his family’s home, spinning the wheels of his toy cars or banging two […]
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Teaching Tips for Children and Adults with Autism by Temple Grandin, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor; Colorado State University; Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Great books by Temple Grandin, who has thrived and become a very prolific writer in spite of her Autism. Please check out her works here for more information. […]
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Act Early Against Autism: Give Your Child a Fighting Chance from the Start by Jayne Lytel
Autism super mom Jayne Lytel, 52, traces the arc of her journey — the four worst years of her life — to recover her now 8-year-old son, Leo, from autism in a new book, Act Early Against Autism.
“If I suspected […]
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Check out … The Works of Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay …
In an autistic body, the soul of a poet By Patrick Beach AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF [FULL STORY]
In his mind, bells are ringing, unintegrated sensory stimuli clanging. Somewhere in the house, a chair is grievously out of position, a pillow askew. He has to ignore everything. He wants […]
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From Jenny McCarthy’s Louder than Words … page 104 …
“Special Diets for Special Kids Two. I couldn’t wait to read it and fill my eager heart with more knowledge. I was blown away when I read that mothers often noticed that their autistic children were malnourished because they couldn’t absorb nutrients from food. After […]
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10 Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Child with Autism
All autistic children have ways of dropping into their own world, leaving us behind for a minute, an hour, a day. This is the essence of autism: a disorder that is, at its heart, about interaction. Many of the symptoms associated with autism […]
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A MOTHER’S STORY OF GRIEF, SURVIVAL, HUMOR, AND GRACE. Parenting a child with a disability can be isolating and devastating. We want so much to do everything for our children, but what do you do when nothing works? Worse, what do you do when your child is diagnosed with a permanent, incurable disability? In The […]
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This book is for the person who is faced with or knows someone faced with autism in a loved one. The author gives a very real, personal look @ the questions you ask yourself, frustration you may face, and how to carry on and even enjoy the ride. It is comforting in the fact that […]
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